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04247aam a2200589 i 4500 001 DCA7BF22CD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220506010041 008 220105s2022 nyu b 000 0beng 010 $a 2021061801 020 $a 1250275857 020 $a 9781250275851 035 $a (OCoLC)1291570183 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d TOH $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a-ph--- $a p------ $a a-ja--- $a a-ph--- 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Hampton, Dan, $e author. 245 10 $a Valor : $b the astonishing World War II saga of one man's defiance and indomitable spirit / $c Dan Hampton. 246 30 $a Astonishing World War II saga of one man's defiance and indomitable spirit 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b St. Martin's Press, $c 2022. 300 $a 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b black and white illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 $a Determination -- A Little Piece of Hell -- Twilight Passing -- Red Summer -- Boomerang -- Currents -- Lost Souls -- Odyssey -- Abyss -- The Long Road Home. 520 $a "Valor is the magnificent story of a genuine American hero who survived the fall of the Philippines and brutal captivity under the Japanese, from New York Times bestselling author Dan Hampton. Lieutenant William Frederick "Bill" Harris was 25 years old when captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Corregidor in May 1942. This son of a decorated Marine general escaped from hell on earth by swimming eight hours through a shark-infested bay; but his harrowing ordeal had just begun. Shipwrecked on the southern coast of the Philippines, he was sheltered by a Filipino aristocrat, engaged in guerrilla fighting, and eventually set off through hostile waters to China. After 29 days of misadventures and violent storms, Harris and his crew limped into a friendly fishing village in the southern Philippines. Evading and fighting for months, he embarked on another agonizing voyage to Australia, but was betrayed by treacherous islanders and handed over to the Japanese. Held for two years in the notorious Ofuna prisoner-of-war camp outside Yokohama, Harris was continuously starved, tortured, and beaten, but he never surrendered. Teaching himself Japanese, he eavesdropped on the guards and created secret codes to communicate with fellow prisoners. After liberation on August 30, 1945, Bill represented American Marine POWs during the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay before joining his father and flying to a home he had not seen in four years. Valor is a riveting new look at the Pacific War. Through military documents, personal photos, and an unpublished memoir provided by his daughter, Harris' experiences are dramatically revealed through his own words in the expert hands of bestselling author and retired fighter pilot Dan Hampton. This is the stunning and captivating true story of an American hero"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Harris, William Frederick, $d 1918-1950? 610 10 $a United States. $b Marine Regiment, 4th $b Marine Regiment, 4th $v Biography. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z Philippines $v Biography. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z Japan $v Biography. 610 20 $a Ofuna Naval Interrogation Center (Japan) 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 15 952 $l NEPC953 $d 20240423150314.0 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409043015.0 952 $l EYPC755 $d 20240117011726.0 952 $l NYPE343 $d 20230526010650.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230509010345.0 952 $l CDPC522 $d 20230506010252.0 952 $l KHPB566 $d 20230126011906.0 952 $l BZPC851 $d 20221227142411.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20221102012136.0 952 $l KJPF566 $d 20220824010639.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630014453.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20220630010402.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20220601010447.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220601010253.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220506010221.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DCA7BF22CD0111ECB5E908A224ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search